The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.
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Nothing seems at first sight less important than the outward form of human actions, yet there is nothing upon which men set more store: they grow used to everything except to living in a society which has not their own manners.
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I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America.
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The whole life of an American is passed like a game of chance, a revolutionary crisis, or a battle.
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When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.
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The French want no-one to be their superior. The English want inferiors. The Frenchman constantly raises his eyes above him with anxiety. The Englishman lowers his beneath him with satisfaction.
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